Denver Museum of Nature & Science Extends Free Admission Offer for School Groups for the 2012–2013 School Year

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Extends Free
Admission Offer for School Groups for the 2012-2013 School
Year

Museum continues to offer free admission,fuel funding for
buses, and additional scholarships to help address district budget
woes

DENVER - August 15, 2012 -The Denver Museum of Nature &
Science is extending free Museum admission for self-guided tours to
all school groups and organized youth groups for the upcoming
school year. Additionally, the Museum is continuing to offer
funding to cover bus fuel costs and scholarships to reduce fees for
onsite labs and classes. As the region's leading resource for
informal science education, the Museum hosts more than 300,000
students and their chaperones each year. The organization is
committed to making science affordable, fun, exciting, and
engaging.

"We had such incredible feedback after waiving admission for
school groups during last school year," said Polly Andrews, the
Museum's director of school and teacher programs. "Our goal is to
make sure that budget constraints do not keep students from
visiting the Museum. Last school year more children were able to
experience the Museum and make discoveries because of this free
opportunity."

DETAILS ON ADMISSION AND FALL PROGRAMS

Free Admission:Through May 2013, Museum visits are FREE for all
PreK-12 school groups and organized youth groups. Reservations and
a minimum of 10 students are required. Fees apply for temporary
exhibitions, IMAX and Planetariums shows, and facilitated
programs.

Enhance Field Trips with a Discounted Facilitated
Program:Enrich student visits and help reach state standards goals
by including a discounted onsite class, lab, or Scientists in
Action broadcast. Scholarships are available. Funding is limited
and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations are
required.

Receive Busing Assistance with the Bus Fuel Fund:Thanks to
generous donors, the Bus Fuel Fund offers limited field trip busing
assistance for Colorado schools where at least 50 percent of the
students are eligible for the federal free and reduced lunch
program. This program provides reimbursement for up to two buses
per field trip.

Outreach Programs:The Museum also spreads out into the
community by offering a wide variety of science education programs
for onsite visits at schools and other community organizations.
These engaging Outreach programs are available for a variety of
grade levels and audience sizes. Scholarships are also available
for these fee-based programs.

Additional Fall Offerings:

A Day in Pompeii, $5 per student, opens Friday,
September 14

Get an insider's glimpse into the daily life of the ancient
Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
in AD 79. See hundreds of archaeological treasures that lay buried
in Pompeii's ruins, preserved as if sealed in a time capsule. Your
students will explore a city steeped in legend, examine casts of
the volcano's victims frozen in time, and discover the power of
volcanoes past and present. Reservations are required and
scholarships are available.

IMAX Films, $5 per student

Space Junk 3D

After 50 years of launching our dreams into space, we now face a
troubling legacy: a growing ring of orbiting debris from various
rockets and satellites.Space Junk 3Dis a visually explosive,
sensory expanding voyage into our now-threatened final
frontier-22,000 miles above Earth.

Deep Sea 3D, opens Friday, September 14

From the brightly colored rainbow nudibranch to the giant
Pacific octopus,Deep Sea 3Dcaptures some of the most unusual sea
creatures ever seen on the IMAX screen. This is an extraordinary
look at the current conditions of our oceans and how these unique
ecosystems are changing.

Planetarium Shows, $5 per student, scholarships
available

Wildest Weather in the Solar System

Take a spectacular journey to witness the most beautiful,
powerful, and mysterious weather phenomena in the solar system.
From a storm the size of a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb, to a
400-year-old hurricane, you'll be glad you live on Earth.

About the Denver Museum of Nature &
Science
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain
Region's leading resource for informal science education. A variety
of engaging exhibits, discussions and activities help Museum
visitors celebrate and understand the natural wonders of Colorado,
Earth and the universe. The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado
Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205. To learn more about the Museum,
check www.dmns.org,
or call 303-370-6000.

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Many of the Museum's educational programs and exhibits are made
possible in part by the citizens of the seven-county metro area
through the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District.